APPSC Group 4 Section B (General English & General Telugu) Practice Test 1

Sakshi Education

1.The teacher said to Ravi, “You are absolutely right”.
Choose the correct reported speech of the sentence.
[A] The teacher said to Ravi that he is absolutely right.
[B] The teacher said to Ravi that he was absolutely right.
[C] The teacher told Ravi that he was absolutely right.
[D] The teacher told Ravi that you are absolutely right.

2. Choose the relative pronoun among the following.
[A] that
[B] it
[C] this
[D] what

3. “Can you prove you have courage?” said father with a scowl.
Choose the meaning of the word “scowl”.
[A] the expression of pleasure
[B] very anxiously
[C] an angry look
[D] breathing roughly

4. Come out now, Cousin.
Choose the correct question tag of this sentence.
[A] do you ?
[B] don’t you ?
[C] are you ?
[D] won’t you ?

Instruction: Read the following passage and choose the correct answers to the questions given after
Mahatma Gandhi believed that industrialisation was no answer to the problems that plague the mass of India's poor and that villagers should be taught to be self-sufficient in food, weave their own cloth from cotton and eschew the glittering prizes that the 20th century so temptingly offers. Such an idyllic and rural paradise did not appear to those who inherited the reins of political power.
5) The basis of 'an idyllic and rural paradise' is:
[A] rapid industrialisation of villages.
[B] self sufficiency in food, clothes and simplicity of the life style.
[C] bringing the glittering prizes to the villages.
[D] supporting holding powerful positions.

6. While one of my friends ………… , it began to rain.
Choose the correct tense form of the verb to complete the sentence given above.
[A] was playing
[B] were playing
[C] have played
[D] will be playing

7.I ______ this letter at once.
Choose the correct form of the verb that fits the blank.
[A] will post
[B] will be posting
[C] will have posted
[D] posted

8. He is not healthy. He is not wealthy
These two sentences can be combined as:
[A] He is neither healthy nor wealthy
[B] He is not healthy but wealthy
[C] He is both healthy and wealthy
[D] He is either healthy or wealthy

9. Alexander was the greatest soldier in the world.
Choose the positive degree of this sentence.
[A] Alexander was greater than many other soldiers in the world.
[B] Alexander was one of the greatest soldiers in the world.
[C] The greatest soldier in the world was Alexander.
[D] No other soldier in the world was so great as Alexander.

10. Choose the sentence in the present perfect tense
[A] I have a red book.
[B] She has a broken chair.
[C] Has he just finished his work?
[D] She has a finished project in her hand.

11.Read the passage and choose the correct answer to the question given after
Psychology is the study of human behavior of how people behave and why they behave in just the way they do. Its chief purpose is to know more about human nature and human
activity.
The study of psychology helps us to understand:
[A] human body
[B] human evolution
[C] human nature
[D] human culture

12. Work hard. You'll get success.
Choose the correct conditional clause to combine the above sentences.
[A] If you work hard, you will not get success.
[B] If you work hard, you would get success.
[C] If you work hard, you will get success.
[D] If you don't work hard, you will get success.

13. The grammatically correct sentence among the four is
[A] Why do you so scared ?
[B] Where does she lives ?
[C] Gopi's sister told to him exasperatedly.
[D] There was a note of alarm in Amma's voice.

14. Identify the wrong irregular verb form among the following pairs of words.
[A] think - thought
[B] rise - rose
[C] fall - falled
[D] drink - drank

Instruction: Read the passage given below and choose the correct answers to the questions that follow.
Modern society ignores the individual. It only takes account of human beings. The confusion of the concepts of individual and of human beings has led industrial civilization to a fundamental error, standardization of man. If we were all identical, we could be reared and made to live and work in great herds like cattle. But each one has his own personality. He cannot be treated like a symbol.Children should not be placed, at a very early age, in schools where they are educated wholesale. As is well known, most great men have been brought up in comparative solitude, or have refused to enter the mould of the school.
15) The modern society ignores the individual because.
[A] the concept of individual is confused
[B] individual is concrete
[C] it considers individuals as human beings
[D] we are all identical

16. Walking improves health :
In the above sentence, 'walking' is
[A] a present participle
[B] a past participle
[C] a gerund
[D] a helping verb

Instruction: Read the following passage and choose the correct answers to the questions given after
Mahatma Gandhi believed that industrialisation was no answer to the problems that plague the mass of India's poor and that villagers should be taught to be self-sufficient in food, weave their own cloth from cotton and eschew the glittering prizes that the 20th century so temptingly offers. Such an idyllic and rural paradise did not appear to those who inherited the reins of political power.
17) Mahatma Gandhi believed that:
[A] Industrialisation would solve all the problems.
[B] Industrialisation was no answer to the problems faced by the Indians.
[C] Indians would never establish small-scale industries.
[D] Indians would have to resort to industrialisation at a later stage.